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The Public Improvement Commission (PIC) met on October 22, 2026, at 10:00 AM, chaired by Todd. The meeting began with approval of the prior meeting minutes, followed by four public hearing petitions (all approved unanimously) and a new business presentation on the Jose Place cancer hospital project, which was continued to a future hearing.
Of October 22nd, 2026. Mr. Wyoming, please take a roll call. Certainly. Would you represent it from the public works department please state their name for the record? Property management department, please do the same. Joseph Callahan? Transportation Department. Commission for Persons with Disabilities. Okay. Thanks, Brian. I didn't see there. Uh we're in full form. Thank you, Todd. We're gonna start out with the hearing minutes. Uh the request of the public improvement commissioned staff acceptance of the meeting minutes from the PSC hearing on October 8th, 26th. Uh, if there's no edits or changes to the uh minutes from October 8th, do we have a motion to approve? Make a motion to approve the minutes of October 8th, 2026. Second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed to abstain? Hearing none so. Okay. Thank you. We'll start off with a public hearing. Public hearing agenda item number one on petition by Dermot Doyne for the granting of an earth retention license for the installation of a temporary earth support system within Burning Street, a public way in Roxbury, located on its southeast to least side. It addresses number eight, generally between Tremont Street and Dell Ave, as shown on a set of plans entitled City of Boston Public Works Department Engineering Division, Earth Retention License Plan, 8 Bernie Street Two Sheets dated September 14, 2026. We will hand it over to the proponent. Excellent, thank you. Good morning. Peter Vancouver, if you're uh I've worked on behalf of the project. Can everyone hear me okay? Excellent. Okay. Well the uh thank you so much. The project is simply to insert piles in the public realm under the sidewalk that are retention piles for the sake of being able to excavate uh for construction or foundation walls that would lie entirely uh within the private property after the property line, and these piles would remain in place. They would be cut off about six feet below the public sidewalk and would be undetectable and would not affect the public realm uh physically above ground in any way, shape, or form. That's essentially the proposal. Great, thank you. Uh any questions or comments from the commission. How about PIC staff or members of the public? I will remind the public if you wish to ask questions or add testimony to any action item. Uh, we ask that you please use the raised hand function, which can be found at the reactions tab at the bottom of your screen. Um I do not see any raised hands right now. Uh Peter, would you kindly just confirm that there are no tie backs or soil nails associated with this system?